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* two persons al “There were tossed pell mell In one homed tl the state Russia Awaiting D . at- \V— Hundreds of Persons Tortured in the Most inhuman Fashion Before ( Being Put to Death and Their Estates Pillaged and Mansions Razed—Thousands Diq From Hunger All Over Country. New York.—"We do not hope &ny longer; we die!” The despair to which bolshevik mis rule has reduced Rusrla Is thus epito- igrt»ed~tTr^itttsslan noldewoinuu wide ly known throughout her country. In a remarkable picture of events In her country contained in a letter received recently in Now York^ Her castles •nd estates plundered or ruzed, her fortune vanished and her friends and family murdered, this titled woman Is moved to remark that “three years «|«, my see«i*4 daughter atuihtr iLUP- band died, he having caught cold In fhe trenches. Then I wus In despair; now I envy them.” “I beg of you never to mention my •tmr; I wrote frankly to you counting •o your discretion," Is the plea which fear of bolshevik tyranny moves the nmfortunate woman to place at the doae of her letter tb h^r friend, a New York woman of prominent and Influen tial family. "Excuse the Incoherences; f writ* with my heart bleeding, know- tag that I shall never be able to give the faintest Ideu of the sufferings thousands ere enduring.” A graphic tale qf the misery that ids itself over Huksla is unfolded In the letter. Wholesale pillaging and murder by bolshevlkl. (Germans. Finns others swept the land clear of Its ■ 1th. ' Both the noblewoman who wrote the latter and the womau who received It i well known. The danger Involved the former makes It advisable that only the nsines of the persons hut oaines of the localities mentioned a withheld from publication. The let- m In full reads as follows: -Mj very, very dear Mr*. B : “At last 1 *m aide to artta to you Bd to hope to hear from you. “I will endeavor to tHI you brlofiy ha personal events of th«-«o terrible years. But bow to begin? How give you tho faintest Idea of the saglnable atrocities committed »•> a bolshevlkl? hpraklug of our- Ivaa. 1 will tell you that wa have st everything The bolshevlkl have all our fortune, boxes of stiver ,« precious objects, personal re mambrances which undoubtedly are now destroyed. Freed te Flee From Heme. “Three years ago my second daugh tar and her husband died, he having •aught cold in the treurhes. Then I In despair, now I envy them The 1817 in autumn, we had to flee U . and come to the city. we lived under the rede' regime II the arrival of the Hermans. “You have probably read In the pa pers that the reds had sent to. Siberia 300 Russian barons, and also some bourgeoisie; some died- and the others returned two months after. "Although under our roof Hve4> a Potatoes Without Vines Are Grown by Girt Kutztown. Pa.—Lizzie, daugh- ter of Jefferson lloch. discovered In their potato patch that rf'ituna- ber of seed potatoes failed to pro duce any vines on top of the soli. 8he was surprised to And the seed potatoes In every hill had clustered around good-sized new potatoes, that the entire vitality of the seed potato was transfer red to the new ones, and that there wus no vine growth above the surface of the potato hills. The mother potato was still .lu the hill, but had given up Its sub stance to the ‘young potatoes, which were already so well ina-' tured that they could be used for a meal. military guard of bolshevlkl or reds, good luck kept us from shurlng their lot. .1.1 cannot describe the last dqys. After the arrival of the Germans « list was found of about a thousand persons, lu which we were, who were tb he shot the very nett day. “The’ reign of the Germans lasted months; they annihi lated all our hopes, they accumulated tuxes upon tuxes; carrying away all the food to Germany, leaving the peo ple of our cities to starve. “No discipline, corruption every where, no administration, t)uly those who deliberately closed their eyes to evidence failed to see that a country thus plundered and so badly treated was not Io~ remain long under their rule. But, alas!^, How many were blind I ‘Then came the great catastrophe; the German troops fraternising with the bolshevlkl urL W ; sui irudertuf to them cannon, war ammunition, and refusing to flght. The Germans even dfimaged the cannon they left to the Esthes troop*, which had been formed hastily and were Incapable of defend ing themselves, having tuitblng, abso lutely nothing! Reds' Rule Was Worse. “Then, for another year the country was a| the mercy of the red*, and It was worse than the flrat time. “The Bolshevlkl had with them Chi nese ami Red Lettea, who were ter ribly cruel, and thuae formed the guard of the unfortunate emperor ami hl» family. “Do the 21th of November we learned that W—— had fallen; that rhf Germans were leaving oa In haste; and. as the German general command ing at B . had. at the request of the Lettea. refused the formation of tronpa with the men of the country, we were left without any defense. The lights of the electric projectors of the enemy's slops already Illuminat ed our shores; from the castles tower me could see everything; there was not a minute to bo lost. The trains were running only for the German troops; It was (ben necewaary to risk traveling by the Inland ways, through dreadful roads and In a country la revolution, for when the Germans took posses sion of the provinces they took care not to punish their friends, the bol- sheviki; so that wo were compelled .© see and to live with the people who The Germans did nothing to And out the revolutionists and to protect us, I nothing! “After having packed In haste the strictly necessary things, our small ! rnnivan started at five o’clock In the morning; It was dark and the roads were frightful. _ “We arrived at It—— on the second I of December. We were able to stay Files Suit-on Herself, Then Argues Own Case -r- / ' ‘ % Mrs. Alice/ Viola Parsons, n Denver zfreauty ‘ specialist, ap peared before a Jury in. Jv^dge G. W. Dunn’s division of the county court' In more roles than It Is given most persons to play In court. -She Is plaintiff, defendant, plaintiff’s attorney and star ~Mt- ness In a suit brought by herself agalnst.the Instant Anti-Wrinkle company, of which she holds 40 per cent of the stock. The suit Is being contested by other stockholders. In the con cern. Mrs. Parsons claims that the comjmny oh toned valuable wrinkle, eradicating formulas from her and has withheld her jutlary. She asserted that she, had no money left from the ven ture, and so was obliged to act us herbwn attorney. (By Rpv. P. B. FITZ WATER. D. D.. Teacher of EnRlish Bible In the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) ’ (Copyright. 1919. Western New»p^per Union) LESSON FOR AUGUST T7 CHRISTIAN MISSIONS. LESSON'TEXTS-, Acts 1:8; 18:1; 14:28. GOLDEN TEXT— ! Goye into all thf world and preach the Gospel to ever) creature.—Mark ±0:15. -• . ~ ADDITIONAL MATERIAL - Matthev 28:18-20; Luke 24:45-58; Acts 26:12-20. PRIMARY TOPIC—Helping everybody lo know Jesus. jUNTCft-TOPIC—The whole world needs Jesus INTERMEDIATE TOPIC-Taking the gospel to the' whole world. SENIOR AND ADULT TOPIC-Chrls tian missions: alms and results. I. The Obligation of Missions (Mark 16:13). -r-- ' a hundred and fifty marks; a kilo gramme of sugar one hundred marks, ejg. AJso Finland tried to get rid of so ma V people she had to feed. and. as the bolshevlkl who come up to 28 kilometers from R had been re pulsed bjTThe Finn troops, which had Finn mwm four weeks at our hoiue, then In great haste we had to embark on the boat sent to Finland for the fugitives and we arrived aT Helsingfors. Lnssttifde, trouble, and emotlous of all these weeks overwhelmed at last my poor husband. __ “Fortunately we found two roomR in a hospital; there we lived for two months, being often ’hungry, and when we could get some food It was execra* hie. * “The high prices of living In Fin land are unbelievable. A pound of tea, which ordinarily cost from five to fif teen kronen, cost from one hundred to SPORT ON SHIPPING BOARD VESSELS (Bn anridM mmm tb tetete rm *■ mmm m st the last moment come In aid to ths Letts and to the volontalre corps of Haltbea-Gerraans, the Flnna then or dered all fugitives to leave the country within alx days. However, we re I celvtd. on account of my husband’s had condition, permission to stay until he would get better, "Going hack was an Impossibility, the situation bring still vrry grave; a second expedition was no longer poo •ihle fur the strength of my poor hus band; moreover, we had nothing left. Our large city house «■■ taken and turned Into a hospital by a Russian volontalre corps. M—— devastated and plundered! First by the bolahe , vtkl. then by the f>tha. whom the Germans left unpunished. ih&n by the . white tmopa and the Fiona, who were lighting the reds. German properties being left unmolested. Family Lottl Everything. “Last year our Atate had suffered, hut our magnificent rustle with all Its dependencies bad been respected. Now all have pillaged It. The Finns being more civilised stole the tnoet beautiful things—paintings bronsau. antiques, etc. Finally the 30 masters' rooms and the 11 servants’ rooms were plundered. What they mold not take away they smashed or burned. We lost every thing. Not a sheet, not a plate or a glass exist, and when our Intemdant complained to the minister of state (a The*the), he answered him that nat- . urally In uar time everybody wanted to have entne souvenirs. The whites pillaged, as 1 hear. 80 estates, and they 1 were supposed to he our defenders! “Friends here obtalm-d for us the 1 permission to come to K , where we found two rooms in a family. We hope soon to find some occupation, and sell some furs that I could take with me. for unfortunately my beautiful laces are also In IVtrogmd. “I do not know whether you have an i Idea of what the bolshevlkl have done ( everywhere whenever they had to re tire. At W they'killed 82 people; we have lost friends, acquaintances and our excellent nnd noble doctor. Al most all were tortured before being put to death. Before shooting Doctor L they broke his two legs. To the old Baroness H., seventy-two years otd. nftet having opened her stomach, snatched out her Intestines while alive. They killed priests, .doctors, nobles, merchants, women, children and peas ants. They made severul persons dig their own graves, forcing them to un dress; a carriage was waiting to take away their clothes: Then' they tor tured every one, breaking arms and lejrs, crushing the limbs, snatching the intestines, gouging out 4 the eyes, scar ring the che£ks-4ad-they even burned ’'in- Z J three large pits; they hem the these monsters jumped Into the pit and trampled under foot the unfortunates until they were lifeless. “Twelve persons were so crushed and, disfigure# that they could not he' rec^M^te!. And nil that is true! “After the corpses had been ex- tho doctors and the officers of ook photographs of each, af- having examined everyone of them. Allies c., whenevet I proy ’—the samei tortures were Inflicted to tint unfortu nate ones. I shall not try to descirthn the horror^ of other places, for It has been the same everywln-re.. * have been ic riv»-r.* vet God saves -men for a purpose. That purpose is to be laborers together with him In the salvation of others. Christ’s parting message, yea, his final com mission to the disciples was, “Go, preach the Gospel to every creature." This obligation still rests upon the church. .Since the command Is to preach the Gospel to every creature, thts obligation will obtain as long a* there Is one unreiched soul. II. Tha Power of Missions (Acts 1:8). This power Is the supernatural In- (TurcmpnT nf ths TTnry Spirit. Miwion- ary endeavor without the Holy Spirit Is doomed to failure. power to witness for Christ Is the pun* 1 ”* °f the gift of the Spirit. Sucres* will crown the efforts of those who go forth under the leadership and power of the Holy Spirit The Sidrit was not given pri marily to make Christians happy, hut to make them strong to carry the Gospel .to the heathen. ljosever. those who go fortfT In this Messed serv ice In tb# Spirit's power are tmly happy. III. The Scope of Missionary En- geaver (Aria 1 :fl). The disciples were to begin their witnessing where they were when the Holy Spirit fell n|s*n them—Jerase they a ere to go not from there to the “uttermost porta of the earlh" Thin la the program foe ev ery dtsciple of Christ. Begin witness- log where Christ saves yon. and then go |o poor neighbor* next to yun. and on to the remotest hound* of the earth There la no such thing a* “home ml* •Ion*.” except that ton begin at home IV. Tha Flrat Foreign Miaaiooariaa (13:1-14; 28). 1. Who they were (13:2). Bar- naha* and Haul were selected—the * very be*t two men In the church. The | evangelisation of the world la a ta*k | of *tich tremcnd«»u« Importance that It ' challenges the church to offer hey_heat ' men ami women. Flora an Institution Is judged htr Its representatives. It be- i comes the church to put her moat caps- Me fh^n to the front. 2. By whom sent (13:2, 4). The n«ly Spirit chose these rgen and sent them forth to their work. The church I at Antioch seemed to have delllierate- ly planned this missionary enterprise. It wa* after prayer and fasting that j the Spirit ordered the church to send j forth these missionaries. It should he i the business of the church to constant* I ly seek the mind of God relative toll sending forth lal»orers Into the Lord’* vineyard. The Spirit calls and sends men forth, but he does this through tip* church. * . 3. Some experiences of the flr^t for eign missionaries: (1) Withstood by Elymns the sor cerer (l-Tifl-12). Elymns moved h.v the devil, sought to turn the mind of Sergi us Pnulus from the faith, thus barring the Gospel as It enters upon its widest mission of salvation. The most vil lainous act which one X*an commit Is to turn p soul from the Gn<q>el. (2). Worshiped as gods (14:8-18)4 (n) The occasion fvv. 8-10). God accompanied the testimony nf these mlsslnnnrlesby-' his mighty power. He wrought a mir acle through Paul. At his call the Inveterate cripple—one who hjhd never walked—leaped up’and walked. The cure was instant, (b) The method (vv. 11-13). They called . Barnabas. Jupi ter, and’Paul. Memiry,'because he was the chief speaker. They declared that the gods had come down in the like- nessrof men, and they brought oxen and garlands to offer sacrifice, (c) Their efforts foiled (vv. 14-18). 1. The mis- -sionnrles “rent thrtf clothes and ran In among the people, saying they were not divine hut beings of like passions with themselves. 2. They urged the "pprrpfe to —turn—to—God.- 3?^- Paul - stoned (vv. 10-22). Stirred up hy wicked Jews from Antioch and IcoffV- um, the rnUhte wba-umoment ago were worshiping are {Wed with tetanic hute. Doubtless Paul remembered Stephen’s experience. G«k1 raised him i;p.and he. wept forth to discharge his duties ns a wU*i»*(iury. Such men of courage* »r(? 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